The russian media claim that Ukrainian soldiers are given combat drugs in the form of chocolates and injections as the secret to Ukrainian bravery, Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security reports.
Russian propagandists have been spreading fake stories about mass drug addiction among Ukrainians since 2014. They alleged that psychotropic substances were added to the food of Euromaidan participants and that soldiers in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) also used them, as reported by VoxCheck journalists.
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Currently, the russians use similar lies to justify their own battlefield failures, as they cannot admit that Ukrainians are strong and fight professionally.
However, there is no real evidence that Ukrainian military personnel use combat drugs to enhance their combat capabilities.
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